have been reported in the lake michigan and portions of navy pier. people taking pictures but you must be careful. this is a dangerous and massive storm. >>pam: president obama is focused his efforts on helping. this surprise visit to the red cross he was going to cut through the bureaucratic red tape and quickly. send help as quickly as possible. >> we are going to do as much as we can and send resources to that any it needed that is unmet will be met. if the governors are getting the answer no in any manner, to call me directly. >>pam: he will stay off of the campaign trail to monitor the storm recovery efforts of the white house. >> hundreds of thousands of americans it is wreaking havoc on their troubles. thousands of flights across the country are either delayed or canceled because of the rough weather. scott is live at sfo. scott? >> it is really been a mess. they are trying to get to the north east. and they walked in the doors and they find themselves not going anywhere. as it continues to hammer the northeast the flights have been stacking u